The headmaster's wager
Canada (romans), Auteurs canadiens (romans), Histoire (romans)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille avec transcription humaine
Résumé
Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon – and a bon vivant, compulsive gambler, and incorrigible womanizer. He is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials, fiercely proud of his Chinese… heritage, and quick to spot business opportunities, but ignores all news of the fighting that swirls around him. Percy finds happiness with Jacqueline, and Laing Jai, a son born to them on the eve of the Tet offensive. But Percival's new-found happiness is precarious, and as the complexities of war encroach further and further into his world, he must confront the tragedy of all he has refused to see. c2012.